I am like many in seeing the dangers of a President Donald Trump, but I am also like many others in thinking he is the only cure for what is wrong with the American political system. The rush from constitutional government to government by executive decree has been astonishing. Obama decides what he wants and does everything he can to impose the outcome by executive order. The fear expressed below is that Trump will continue the approach that has been driven by Obama:
Cruz believes our constitutional arrangements are basically sound but that the leadership class that manages those arrangements has got to go. Trump, on the other hand, seems to reject those arrangements altogether – Rich [Lowry’s] “post-constitutional” label, or even “post-republican” (small-r).
Trump’s support comes from people who have given up on our existing “regime,” in the political science sense of the word. The Tea Party’s efflorescence of constitutionalism was, as Rich writes, “a means to stop Obama” – in other words, to stop lawlessness and rule by decree, which is what constitutions are for. But, as Rich continued, constitutionalism “has been found lacking” – Obama, and the Supreme Court, have pursued extra-constitutional (i.e., illegal) tactics and prevailed. Repeatedly. On momentous issues that immediately affect every American.
As I have written before, politics is what you can get away with. In the US, you can get away with whatever the media allows you to. If it does not call a president out in a prolonged and intensive way, there is nothing, it seems, a president cannot do. The only limits are what can actually be done, not what can be attempted. Some things fail because they go so far against the grain of society that no writ will run no matter what a president might wish to do. But for most – such as the wrecking of the medical system in the US, or the effective introduction of open borders – the absence of a watchdog media has permitted every illegal action and inaction to occur.
This will never happen under a Republican president. The media will never give a President Trump the pass. Look at this from CNN where it is fine to attack Trump (R) but not Clinton (D).
If Americans want a constitutional presidency, they need to elect Republicans. It’s as simple as that, although simple it definitely is not.
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